In Case You Missed It: Weekly News Roundup

New York City will file a controversial proposal with the state for the authority to certify its own district teachers, currently the responsibility of teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities. Not surprisingly, the proposal drew strong criticismfrom those who said that the DOE does not have a strong enough track record of training teachers to take on the initiative. In any event, it seems The Success Academy Charter Schools network doesn’t want to wait: They’re funding and staffing a Master’s program at Touro College that also culminates in certification.

School closure disrupts learning and damages communities, and New York isn’t alone. Voices of advocates in cities across the country are growing louder, and the impacts of closure on students, funding, and equitable education more generally cannot be ignored.